“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait for him or forget him.”
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
“To love is to lose control.”
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
― By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
“Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.”
― Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
― Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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